Plus Fitness Franchisee 'Haywood' Happy With Title Run

1 June 2017

They say when adversity
pushes you back against the wall the best form of defence is attack, so when
Adrian Haywood developed motor issues at the Australian 360 Sprintcar
Championship practice session he decided it definitely wasn't time to give up.

Requiring another powerplant
he spoke to fellow car owner Craig Wormall who generously provided Haywood with
his spare engine for the weekend. “I cant thank Wormall Motorsport enough for
this massive gesture. When I rang Craig, I didn't want to as everyone rings
him, but at the end of the day I blew a motor up and I needed something if I
wanted to race” said the driver of the Plus Fitness #10.

The car had felt great in
it’s only practice session on the Wednesday evening setting one of the fastest
times of the night, so the team felt confident leading into the heats on night
one and Haywood certainly didn't disappoint.

While track conditions on
hand made passing opportunities difficult, Haywood showed that if you keep
attacking success will come your way. His opening heat he moved forward four
places to finish seventh but he saved the best for his second heat when he
pulled off the pass of the night.

Chasing down the current Australian
number one in South Australian Luke Dillon, Haywood was only given one chance
to pass running up against the concrete wall and performing the move to grab
the heat win. “Getting up behind any of the good guys and keeping up feels
great. To actually race the A1 car, pass it and drive away was great. It's easy
for people to forget, I'm a huge fan of Sprintcar racing too. I've been
watching these champions for years, It's still all so surreal to be living my
dreams.”

He continued to drive with
skill for the rest of his qualifying races during the two night affair, earning
valuable points to eventually qualify for a fifth place starting spot for the
all important 40 lap finale.

From the outset the car would
prove to be tight, as unknown to Haywood, a right rear shock absorber had
started to fail and affected the handling of the beautiful black, blue and
orange #10. “The car was tough to get through the corners and it was a handful
from the outset and I couldn't get a smooth run going. While the car started to
get better as the fuel load lightened, in the end I had to pull in when it
finally let go at the lap 24 restart” Haywood said dejectedly afterwards.

“I just want to say a huge
thanks to all my crew, to Craig and Mitch Wormall and their crew chief Michael
Armstrong, plus all my sponsors who have supported me through everything this
summer” stated Haywood.

So one would think that this
would be enough for the Mandurah based racer, time to sit back and relax a bit
on the laurels of his fantastic run. But thats the not the way Haywood does
things. “I’ve struck a deal with Maxwill Race Engines to run one of their
potent 410ci motors at the grand final meeting to be held at the Perth
Motorplex (April 1), I’m so looking forward to getting out there and running
with the rest of the 410ci based racers here in the west”.

Just to spice things up,
Haywood and his young fella Sunny will also jump in their karts to compete in
one of the biggest events in Dirt Kart racing, the Ken and Ces Memorial event
on the same weekend at the Dirt Trackers Kart Club. “What can I say, I don't
like sitting still” he said laughing.

It has also just been announced that
Adrian will be returning to seat of a Formula 500 for the upcoming Australian
Championship to be contested at the Murray Bridge Speedway over the Easter
weekend (April13 and 14). Cates Motorsport and Haywood are both excited to once
again partnering up for this huge event.

“I’m stoked that Peter and
Lachy Cates are giving me this opportunity. I love the Formula 500’s and to be
competing in an event of this magnitude is awesome. It’s going to be a huge
weekend with plenty of cars and the Murray Bridge track suits this division so
well….I cant wait for it!!!” commented Haywood.

In10sity Motorsport will have
their hands full, but the track record is second to none for this motivated
team.

Adrian Haywood and the
In10sity Motorsport Team would like to thank the following for their support in 2016/17.